Testimonies from released Palestinian prisoners, as well as the condition of bodies handed over, highlight alleged Israeli abuse. Most of the bodies of the more than 100 dead Palestinians Israel released remain unidentified. They were sent back to Gaza with numbers instead of their names, leaving family members of missing Palestinians to pore desperately through pictures of the bodies, hoping to spot their loved ones.
Israel has agreed to release many Palestinian prisoners as the ceasefire holds. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are held in Israeli jails most of them without charge. And as the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is centred on the release of detainees, about 2,000 of them are due to be released. list of 3 itemsend of list But the mistreatment of detainees by Israeli forces has been documented for decades. So in addition to international law, is Israel breaking its own laws in its arrest and treatment of prisoners?
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has announced sanctions on Spain in response to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's announcement that weapons shipments to Israel would be barred from entering Spanish ports. Saar accused Spain's government of "pursuing a hostile anti-Israel policy" and said it was using rhetoric "dripping with hatred." Saar said that with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approval, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Diaz, would be barred from entering Israel.
